So tomorrow, if you’re cruising the Internets looking for work, you might come across something that says, oh, I don’t know, “Help wanted: Dallas Observer is looking for an editor.” And it won’t be a joke. I’m outta here. And no, I wasn’t fired. Heads didn’t roll; blood didn’t spill…
Kurt Eichenwald If you do not already know the saga of Kurt Eichenwald — who, long story short, more or less rescued an underage Internet porn star named Justin Berry and spawned myriad congressional hearings — there are plenty of places to begin. You should read the original December 19,…
Jeremy Schaap From DART to New York’s No. 7 train, Jeremy Schaap used our fair little burg as a step, step, stepping stone to stardom. Schaap’s one of the ace reporters on ESPN’s new E:60, which airs its second episode this evening at 6. Schaap hasn’t always been the street-tough…
Look, we went almost a whole day without mentioning the Trinity River toll road and The Dallas Morning News — I know, right? Alas, seems we oughta point out that The News’ managing editor, Gentleman George Rodrigue, is back at it today with another shot across Jim’s bow. In today’s…
Dallas Morning News managing editor George Rodrigue just accused you of “lunacy.” Called you a “polemicist.” Says you “demonize.” Insists you are “no longer acting as a journalist.” And he just hates my headline. Says it wasn’t “civil.” Oh, why do I get the feeling George Rodrigue ain’t seen nothing…
Let me get this straight: Greg “The Hammer” Williams is on “personal leave” from KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). And, right now, Jennifer Engel is announcing that today’s show will be her last on ESPN-103.3 FM. Hmm. How do you feel about The Ticket’s new afternoon drive-time show: Rhyner & The…
Jim Larkin, left, and Michael Lacey As many of you know, the paper version of Unfair Park is part of the Phoenix-based Village Voice Media chain of alternaweeklies; we’re one of 16 papers nationwide. Michael Lacey is executive editor of Village Voice Media; Jim Larkin is chief executive officer. And…
As consistent as a metronome, and slightly more entertaining, KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) again dominates the sports-talk radio landscape in quarterly Arbitron ratings released this morning. Make that: The Ticket dominates the entire local radio landscape. Radio numbers are tricky and can be easily be twisted into deceptive appearances, but…
The Dallas Morning News just called and made us take down the photo of Jim that appears in today’s paper. And they were so serious about it too. Wanh. I’ve just spent an hour moderating comments for the item about Rebecca Aguilar’s suspension — thanks, Instapundit! I had planned on…
A few days after receiving a major award, KDFW-Channel 4’s Rebecca Aguilar has been suspended from the Fox affiliate. Monday night, KDFW-Channel 4 ran a piece about 70-year-old James Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in West Dallas, who, early Sunday morning, shot and killed a man trying…
It’s well-known ’round these parts that when it comes to sports-talk radio, we’re partial to KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). But for those who prefer their X’s and O’s in FM, here’s some personnel news from ESPN’s local radio affiliate: Weeknight host Mike Taylor, who locks down the 7-9 p.m. time…
KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) I wasn’t in the New England Patriots’ locker room yesterday after their 48-27 walloping of the Cowboys, but apparently some grizzled, oh-so-serious Bostonians can’t take a joke. Even after a three-down shellacking of an heir to their throne. While I was listening to Terrell Owens not…
CNN’s Rick Sanchez Irving, you just knew this was bound to happen, right? First Farmers Branch got the national spotlight in May, when the Today show brought its cameras to capture the fight over Ordinance 2903. Now, CNN’s in Irving — specifically, anchor-reporter Rick Sanchez, who tonight will broadcast live…
Mark Cuban took a break from dodging another bullet on Dancing With the Stars to speak with SI.com’s Luke O’Brien about the Benefactor’s new mixed martial show on HDNet. O’Brien, a former columnist for the Village Voice Media chain, wrote a great piece on MMA earlier this year for Washington…
Norm Hitzges, probably the second most famous grad from Canisius College So, we just gave KTCK-AM (1310) 10 a.m.-noon host Norm Hitzges one our prestigious, delicious and lightly smoked Best of Dallas® awards — “Best Local Sports Radio Show,” natch. Which means nothing, no doubt, compared to the latest honor…
We’ve been told to run more pictures of Zac Efron, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers to attract that hard-to-lure ‘tweener audience, so here goes nothing. When High School Musical 2 debuted in August on the Disney Channel, it shattered all kinds of cable-TV ratings records: Some 17.2 million people…
If you were too exhausted and/or exhilarated and/or inebriated after last night’s Cowboys comeback to stay up for ESPN’s on-field post-game analysis, shame on you. Because, in his own incredibly awkward way, expert Emmitt Smith was almost as entertaining as the game. As usual, there were a million hiccups and…
The NFL Network is now Jerry Jones’ problem. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has tapped the Dallas Cowboys owner and GM to head up the league’s NFL Network committee, which is trying to get the net into more and more homes — as well as on your cell phone, iPod, satellite…
Maybe tonight’s Dallas Cowboys win and first 5-0 start in almost 25 years will ease the sting, but there’s a local sports celeb absolutely making a fool of himself on TV these days. No, not Mark Cuban. It’s another Dancing With the Stars contestant, third-season winner Emmitt Smith. If you…
I’m currently assembling a package of madd props to send over to Startlgram writer Alex Branch, because his/her story about the Fort Worth deaf guy who got hit in the head with a crowbar for not talking to a cashier made the Fark news feed today under the “Dumbass” banner…
So, how does Wall Street like Belo’s decision to separate its newspaper and television divisions? A lot, looks like: Belo Corp.’s stock is up 18 percent today, having jumped $3.12 to $20.48 as of moments ago. And if you’ve been looking at this thing all morning, those numbers are rising…
“It’s a great time to be in gay publishing,” says this Editor & Publisher story from today about the profitability of papers targeting the GLBT audience. And among the examples cited is the Dallas Voice, which bills itself as “The Community Newspaper for Gay & Lesbian Dallas.” The paper’s ad…
